Autographic register



March 9 1926. 1,576,194

A.- A. JOHNSON AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb; 9, 1924 Yl/l/l OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

" UNITED STATES 1,576,194 PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE EGRY REG- ISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Application filed February e, 1924. Serial No. 691,788.

To all whom it may camera:

form of autographic register of the pin- Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auto graphic Registers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to autographic registers and particularly to registers of the pin-wheel type, the more important features being the provision of means for causing the feeding of forms or tickets to cease after a predetermined portion of the webs, of which the forms constitute a part, has been fed, said means being controlled by perforations or cut-out portions of the webs.

In a more specific aspect, this invention comprisesone or more controlling devices adapted during the feeding operation to rest against imperforate portions of the webs and for causing the pin-wheels to be disconnected from the operating means therefor when said devices engage through said perforations in the webs so as to cause the feeding to cease irrespective of further operation of the operating device.

In the embodiment of the invention, the controlling devices are caused 'to be withdrawn from the perforations as an incident to the connection of the pin wheels with their driving means. I

In the accompanying drawings:

- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a conventional wheel type having one side wall removed and showing my invention as applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a section substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig.- 1 showing the parts and/position they occupy between feeding operations. 4 detail sectional view of the pinwhee clutch and energizing means for operating the shaft; and, r

Fi .5 is a duce scale.

As shown in the accompanying drawings,

plan view of the web on a rethe autographic register comprises a box like structure having a bottom 1, end plates 2 and sideplates 3 between which is supat the platen for making manifold copies of the Work done manually upon the uppermost web. The websare usually printed so as to provide a succession of forms or tickets which are separated by a tearing operation after a written form has been delivered from the machine. The register, being of the pinwheel type comprises a pair of pin-wheels 5 at or near the delivery side thereof which have pins 6 projecting through a longitudinally arranged series of marginal perforations formed in the Webs. The pins 6 remaining continuously in engagement with the webs, prevent any appreciable relative movement between separate superimposed webs, thus preserving correct registration and maintaining the'webs properly aligned with respect to the platen and other parts of the register.

It has been the common practice, heretofore, in registers of this type, to mount the pin-wheels on a shaft and to rotate this it is desirable for the crank to have a uniform throw irrespective of the form-length. In such cases it was necessary to especially prepare each re ister in accordance with the particular orm-lengths of the work sheets which in practice requires a large number of extraparts and labor. Moreover, the work had to be fitted to the register, to some extent, because these arrangements did not adapt themselves to fine variations or adjustments.-

Now, in a register made in accordance with this invention,.the extent of rotation of the crank does not determine the length of the webs fed' at each operation. This is controlled by the webs themselves through the medium of apertures 7 arranged therein at predetermined and substantially uniform istances bein each equal to a formlength. Mechanic-a 1y,- it is merely necessary that a single series of apertures be proformed by the bar 9, arms 10, and shaft 11 is normally urged downwardly by a spring 12 so that the fingers 8 press against the imperforate portions of the webs between the apertures 7 when the feeding operation is ,.in progress, or move into the apertures 7 when the desired form length has been fed out of the register. The movement of the fingers 8 through the apertures 7 is-utilized for causing the disconnnection of the pinwheels 5 from their driving means.

The mechanism for accomplishing the disconnection of the pin-wheels from the driving means will now be described.

The pin-wheels 5 are mounted upon and secured to a sleeve 13rotatably mounted on, a shaft 14 journaled in the side plates 3. The shaft 14 constitutes the driver of the pin-wheels and is preferably provided on one end which protrudes from the register with a crank or handle 15. If desired however, the handle may be-separately mounted and geared to the drive shaft 14,

The drive shaft 14 is coupled to the pinwheel during the feeding operations and the means for accomplishingv this comprises a clutching disk 16 slidingly mounted on the shaft 14 and caused to rotate therewith by means of a spline 17. The clutching disk 16 is preferably provided with teeth cooperating with similar teeth provided on a disk 18 secured to one of the pin-wheels 5 and located at the left side of the register.

During feeding operations, that is, when the crank is driving the pin wheels, the disk 16 is held in clutching position (see Fig. 1) by an arm 19 mounted onthe shaft 11 of the controlling finger bail, the forward end of the arm 19 having a roller 20 for. directly engaging the disk 16.-

The clutch controlling arm 19 is secured to the shaft 11 of the finger carrying bail so that when the fingers 8 enter the apertures 7 under the influence of their spring 12 the clutching disk 16 is released immediately without further rotation of the pinwheels and the feeding ceases. The shaft 14 is held against movement at this time by a projection 21 on one of the arms 10 which engages a wheel 22 secured to the shaft 14.

A shaft 25 m0unted in the side walls 3 of the register carries an arm 24 having 9.

handle 26. Projecting from the arm 24 are cams 23 and .28 for the purpose hereinafter set forth. When the parts are in the position shown in Figure 3 and it is desired to operate the crank 15 to feed out a form length of paper, the operator firstmoves the handle 26 from the position shown in Figure 3 to that shown in Figure 1. It will be noted that as the handle 26 is moved, the cams 28 and 23 are also moved, the cam 28 engaging with a projection 1O on one of the arms 10, whereby the bar 9 and the pins 8 carried thereby are elevated to the position shown in Figure 1, when the pins 8 are out of engagement with the apertures 7. The cam 23 is adapted to engage with the disc 16 and serves to shift the same into clutching position with the member 18 against the tension of the spring 27. The relation of the cams 23 and 28 is such that the cam 28 will engage the projection 10 slightly in advance of the engagement of the'disc 16 by the cam 23, so that the locking projection 21 will be moved out of engagement with the wheel 22 and permit the clutching engagement to be effected, whereby the pin wheel may be operated. As the arms 10 are elevated, the arm 19 pivoted on the same shaft therewith is also moved until the roller 20 carried thereby engages with the clutch member 16, this roller serving to'hold the member 16 in clutching position after the handle 26 has been released and the cam 23 returns to the position shown in Figure 3 and until the crank 15 has been operated to feed. out the desired form length, whereupon the pins 8 will drop into the apertures 7 and cause the parts to assume the position shown in Figure '3. The forms which have been fed from the register by the feeding operation are torn or severed from the webs by any suitable means placed in advance of the pin-wheels.

The pin-wheel sleeve 13 is held in proper position on the shaft 14 against axial movement by means of an arm 30 mounted on the underside of the platen and engaging an annular groove 31 formed of flanges 32 secured to the sleeve 13.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In anautographic register, the combination with a platen over which webs' are fed, means for feeding said webs, a driver for said means, means for connecting said driver to said feeding means, means adapted to enter apertures arranged along the webs, and means controlled by said last mentioned means for holding said connecting means for the driver and feeding means in opertive position so that the webs may be fed a predetermined distance.

2. In an autographic register, the combi nation with a platen over which webs are fed, means for feeding said webs, a driver for said means, means for connecting said driver to said feeding means, means adapted to enter apertures arranged along the webs, means directly controlled by said last men tioned means for holding said connecting means for the driver and feeding means in operative position, said directly controlled means being rendered inoperative upon movement into the apertures in the webs of the means adapted to enter the same.

3. In a autographic register the combination of a platen over which webs are fed, pin-wheels for feeding said webs; a driver for said pin-wheels, a clutch for connecting said driver to said pin-wheels, a feeler device adapted to enter apertures arranged along the webs, and means directly controlled by said feeler device for holding the clutch in clutching position, said means being rendered ineffective upon a movement of the feeler device into apertures in the webs.

4. In an autographic register, the combination with a platen over which webs are fed, pin-wheels for feeding said webs, a driver for said pin-wheels, a clutch for connecting said driver to said pin-Wheels, a feeler device adapted to enter apertures arranged along the webs, and an arm directly controlled by said feeler device and having a roller to hold the clutch in clutching po- Sition.

5. In an autographic register, the combination with a platen over which webs are fed, pin-wheels for feeding said webs, a driver for said pin-wheels, a clutch for connecting said driver to said pin-Wheels, a feeler device adapted to enter apertures arranged along the webs, and an arm directly controlled by said feeler device, and a roller carried by said arm adapted to hold the clutch in clutching position, said roller being rendered incll'ective upon movement of the feeler device into apertures in the webs. 6. In an autographic register, the combination with a platen over which we s are fed, pin-wheels for feeding said webs, a driver for said pin-wheels, a clutch for connecting said driver to said pin-wheels, means for moving said clutch into clutching position, means for holding said clutch in said clutching position while the webs are being fed, a feeler device con'iprising fingers adapted to enter apertures along the webs whereby said clutch holding means is rendered ineffective.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON. 

